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A new California law requires hospitals to find homeless patients a place to stay and offer them a meal, clothing and other services before discharging them. Hospital staff say it’s well-intended, but easier said than done.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first proposed budget follows former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pattern of allocating billions of dollars in reserves while making large investments in early childhood development, education, healthcare and emergency readiness.

Insurance expansion for undocumented immigrants and more subsidies for the middle class are expected to be central to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first budget. But his loftier goals to overhaul the health system rely on federal approval.